"We're cool now," Alexander said. “We've hung out and he lets me pet him but he still won't let me in that room. It's his favorite room.”

Cat behavior expert Rita Reimers watched the video and told Inside Edition: "Ideally what I would have done in that case was sit down on the floor and encourage the cat to come over by me in his own time. Let him take his time and give him a reason to come towards you."